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History
in a Pecan Shell
The community began life in the 1880s when
it was then known as Know, Texas. After the community received a post office
in 1894, it was changed to Latch, after major landowner and sawmill operator L.
A. Latch.
In the 1890s the town built churches and a school. The first
store was opened about this time and the post office closed its doors in 1906.
As
the trees disappeared into lumber and sawdust, Latch (the man) switched professions,
closing the sawmill and opening a cotton gin.
Latch’s population was estimated
at fifty during the Great Depression – the same figure used for the 2000 census.
Latch, with no discernable town center is now described as “ a dispersed community.” |
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